$8 in advance/$10 at the door

10:30pm doors/11pm showtime

21+

A benefit for Rock The Cause & Urban Ventures

Dance Assault:

Originating as a one-man electronic act, Dance Assault has grown to become a 4-piece group which seeks to blend modern dance music with the classic synthesized sounds known only to the 1980s. The Minneapolis-based group performs music which embodies elements of popular music from decades past while infusing energy-filled elements of today's pop and electronic music.

Front man, Carson, writes 100% of Dance Assault's music and in 2015, released an album, "Into the Light," which was entirely self-produced. Since then, the group has been working to incorporate a more broad assortment of analog sounds such as bass/electric guitar and drums. Having the teamed up with local recording studios, Sovereignty Records, the group is ready to release an EP which better captures the "live" aspects of the Dance Assault experience.

Dance Assault has shared the stage with touring acts such as Information Society, Big Black Delta, and VÉRITÉ and plans to tour the MIdwest in Summer of 2017.

Apollo Cobra:

Apollo Cobra!! With them they bring analog synthesizers, drum machines, bass guitars, samples, vocals, HUGE beats and MASSIVE dance parties across a small part of the globe. Apollo Cobra is a real 3 piece band creating what you hear on a stage without laptops. Old school!

SoSlyLove:

When I met Feng Meng Vue, he mentioned that he had never found a real electronic music scene in Eau Claire. It’s possible that’s all about to change. Vue – who releases music as sloslylove – just put out Tendencies, a ten-track tape and digital album that carries a level of polish that is nearly unmatched among local, short-run releases.

Tendencies moves deftly between modern production and throwbacks to the glamorous 80s, with heavy synth lines, shimmering transitions and Phil Collins-esque drum fills, and mostly maintaining a steady, danceable pace. But sloslylove is just as good in his more ambient, emotional moments, such as album closer “*summer is forever.” Voice samples from old TV shows or audio books are peppered throughout the record, adding a cinematic feel to the tracks. Vue began making music – not counting earlier attempts at piano lessons – in 2005 in his senior year at Memorial High School. “At the time I started, I would make really bad melodies and resample them and slice them up to recreate new ideas and melodies,” Vue said. “From there I started sampling found sounds from other sources.”

Since then, sloslylove has put out a variety of digital releases (many of which are still available for free download) leading up to Tendencies, which is digital and on cassette tape. “I put it on tape because I wanted to see if I could do it,” Veng said. “The designing, beat making, printing, folding, ordering blank cassettes, dubbing, all that stuff. It’s definitely not easy doing it all yourself.” And that design is another perk for Tendencies. The casing of the tape –and the tape itself – are beautifully orchestrated and match the jovial music inside. Besides sloslylove, Vue also plays in a new Minneapolis based project, Vandaam. “It’s a different sound from my current project, but it still holds many of the same elements I use.” Currently, sloslylove isn’t active as a live project, but Vue says there could be shows in the near future. As for recording, Vue will keep busy. [Volume One]

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Parking

Parking is available for Icehouse patrons in the lot adjacent to the courtyard at 2528 Nicollet Ave South , the lot on the North side of the building and the lot located at 2644 Nicollet Ave South. Valet Parking is available Thursday-Saturday, 5pm-10pm for $6.